Ever since Cash was born, we’ve been talking about “the next time”! After a whole day of feeling pretty sick on Christmas Eve, I came out of denial for a minute to accept the fact that I’ve had crazy cravings, sleepless nights, trouble breathing, and waves of nausea. Colin put the pieces together before I did. I was convinced I was getting the flu, but we went out for last minute Christmas shopping anyway. I’ll be fine. By the afternoon, I was spent. We were going to lunch and then the grocery store. Colin suggested burgers and I couldn’t even imagine the thought of eating a burger. There were tons of red flags like that over the past week or so! We skipped the groceries to go home for grilled cheese and tomato soup. And after that, I felt a lot better. That was the final red flag of the day. I asked Colin to grab a pregnancy test while he was out.
I took a test while Colin went upstairs to get Cash, who was just waking up. For a brief second I felt like I couldn’t remember how a test worked…which line comes up first? Oh right. First line was bright pink. Then there’s that white gap where my heart was in limbo. Then a few blinks to focus my eyes and it was all clear. Two pink lines. It’s the craziest thing when it happens!
Just like last time, I wanted Colin to see for himself. He was on the bed with Cash. I sat down behind him and held the test in front of him. He took it, rolled over, sat up, and said, “We’re having another baby!” Then he laughed. And paced. And repeated himself over and over. Then kept saying, “Holy shitballs.” Because even though we’ve talked about this baby and said we feel like someone’s missing, it’s still so crazy to first learn our family is growing, has been growing for 5 weeks and we didn’t even know it!!
We love this new baby so, so much! And we are so excited to have kids a year apart! It’s going to be so much fun!!
Joyful Striving 